GET READY // UK DATES // APRIL
UK & IRELAND // FESTIVAL DATES
“Get Ready was a honeymoon record. Looking back now it was very enjoyable to make, and I think is massively underrated. It did sort the wheat from the chaff and led to a New Order mk2 which played better but had lost a naivety whilst gaining a maturity. Barney and I became a ‘power couple’ in Manchester during the making of the record but, sadly, the old problems recurred when we came to play live. The writing was on the wall from then on. The two of us worked very hard to make this a great record and I think we succeeded. I am looking forward to playing all the tracks, many of which have never been played live before. The Light will shine through … Get Ready!” PETER HOOK
Following the announcement of three select UK dates for April where they will perform the New Order album Get Ready in its entirety, alongside a selection of the most seminal tracks from the rich back catalogues of both Joy Division and New Order, PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT have now announced they will play eight UK and Irish festivals throughout the spring and summer, including Shiine On, Chilfest, Forest Fest, Rebellion and Solfest.
The Get Ready dates will see the band play the 3,500 capacity Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, their biggest headline show to date in Manchester and their first in the city for two years; the 3,100 capacity London Troxy, their first date in the capital since October 2023; and the 1,350 capacity Bristol Marble Factory.
The Get Ready album was released in 2001, reached #6 in the UK chart and was the seventh studio album from New Order. The record was dedicated by the band to their friend Rob Gretton, manager of both Joy Division and New Order, who had died in 1999.
FULL UK AND IRISH DATES:
MARCH
Sat 29 SKEGNESS Shiine On Festival
APRIL
Thu 17 BRISTOL Marble Factory (Get Ready album in full)
Fri 18 LONDON Troxy (Get Ready album in full)
Sat 19 MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse (Get Ready album in full)
MAY
Sat 10 SCARBOROUGH Interzone Festival
JULY
Sat 05 TRING Chilfest
Sat 26 COUNTY LAOIS Forest Fest
AUGUST
Fri 08 DURHAM Stone Valley North Festival
Sat 09 BLACKPOOL Rebellion Festival
Sat 23 CUMBRIA Solfest
Sun 24 WARWICKSHIRE Camper Calling Festival
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The 2025 dates follow a mammoth run of live shows last year, taking in tours of Australia, New Zealand, South America and North America and a full UK and Ireland tour at the end of the year, all of which saw the band play the Substance albums by Joy Division and New Order in full. The band are continuing the Substance legacy on their current tour of Spain and France, then play a full North American tour in May and June before returning for UK and Irish festivals in the summer and an EU tour in the autumn.
Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures back in May 2010 for a commemorative charity concert and has followed it each year by performing subsequent albums from the repertoire of his bands, Joy Division and New Order. His dedication to his back catalogue has now seen him move through Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, Technique, Republic and Substance to arrive at the Get Ready album this year. Having toured the albums extensively, the band have now amassed approaching 900 concerts.
Among the many highlights since he reintroduced his early repertoire to a legion of audiences across the world, both new and old, have been appearances at Benicassim, Primavera Sound, Kendal Calling, Bestival, Victorious and Rebellion, alongside extensive touring in Europe, North and South America, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand to great acclaim from both fans and critics alike.
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